BIO:
Karen Shasha works with photographs, installation, and artist books. Most recently, she has been composing and singing songs, and telling stories in performance with installation. Her photo work has led to her interests in storytelling, event and fairy tale.
She studied philosophy, history of art and sculpture at Yale University and has an MA in photography from the New York University and International Center of Photography masters program. She has taught at NYU, and performed at Middlebury College as well as in several NYC venues.
Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, and the
Yale University Art of the Book Collection. Her work is also in the collections of the Maison Européene de la Photographie,the Pompidou Center and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, France, and the Velan Association in Turin, Italy.